Carotid artery intimal-medial thickness: Indicator of atherosclerotic burden and response to risk factor modification

American Heart Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 753-759

  Mukherjee, Debabrata ^a,b   Yadav, Jay S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0036847966     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2002.124865     Document Type: Article

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